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}}A zero. Nought. Zilch. Nil. ''Bupkis''. ''Nulla''. Bust. Sweet Fanny Adams. ''Bagatelle''. Love.<ref>Tennis players only.</ref> ''Null points''. ''Nada''. A big bagel — ''hold the cream cheese and lox''. Zippo the Hippo. Nix. صفر. Goose-egg. ''ноль''. Cypher. A whoreson zed; an unnecessary letter.<ref>''King Lear'', II, ii.</ref>  
}}A zero. Nought. Zilch. Nil. ''Bupkis''. ''Nulla''. Bust. Sweet Fanny Adams. ''Bagatelle''. Love.<ref>Tennis players only.</ref> ''Null points''. ''Nada''. A big bagel — ''hold the cream cheese and lox''. Zippo the Hippo. Nix. صفر. Goose-egg. ''ноль''. Cypher. A whoreson zed; an unnecessary letter.<ref>''King Lear'', II, ii.</ref>  



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Donut (U.K: Doughnut) /ˈdəʊnʌt/ (n.)
A zero. Nought. Zilch. Nil. Bupkis. Nulla. Bust. Sweet Fanny Adams. Bagatelle. Love.[1] Null points. Nada. A big bagel — hold the cream cheese and lox. Zippo the Hippo. Nix. صفر. Goose-egg. ноль. Cypher. A whoreson zed; an unnecessary letter.[2]

An invitation to get your coat, that may shortly precede an instruction to do so.

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References

  1. Tennis players only.
  2. King Lear, II, ii.